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Polls open in the US: where and when Americans will vote

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On Tuesday, November 5, polling stations start opening across the US, UNN reports citing CNN.

Details

Millions of Americans have already voted early, but today, those who wish to vote in person will be able to do so, and polling stations are opening across the country:

6 AM ET (13:00 Kyiv time)

Connecticut

Indiana (polls open at 7 a.m. ET (14:00 Kyiv time))

Kentucky (Central time polling stations open at 7 a.m. ET (14:00 p.m.)

Maine (almost all polling places are open from 6 am to 8 am ET (1 pm to 3 pm), but municipalities with less than 500 people may be open until 10 am ET (5 pm)

New Hampshire (polls can open from 6 to 11 a.m. ET (1 to 6 p.m. ET) - Dixville Notch voted at midnight)

New Jersey

New York

Virginia

6:30 AM ET (13:30 Kyiv time)

Ohio

North Carolina

West Virginia

Vermont (polls can open at 5 a.m. ET (12:00 p.m.) and 10 a.m. ET (5:00 p.m.), but this year the earliest polls open is 6:30 a.m.)

7 a.m. ET (14:00 Kyiv time)

Alabama (some polling stations operate Eastern Time (ET) and open at 7 a.m. ET, but most polling stations operate Central time and open at 8 a.m. ET (15:00 p.m.).

Delaware

Washington, DC

Florida (Central time polls open at 8 a.m. ET (15:00 p.m.)

Georgia

Illinois

Kansas (some polling stations open at 8 a.m. ET (15:00 p.m.) due to time zones)

Maryland

Massachusetts (cities or towns can open as early as 5:45 a.m. ET (12: 45 p.m.)

Michigan (some polling stations open at 8 a.m. ET (15:00 p.m.)

Missouri

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee (polls with a population of more than 120,000 should open by 7 a.m. ET)

8 AM ET (15:00 Kyiv time)

Arizona

Iowa

Louisiana

Minnesota (municipalities with fewer than 500 registered voters can open polling stations no later than 11:00 AM ET (18:00 pm)

South Dakota (some polling stations open at 6 a.m. ET (13:00 p.m.) depending on the time zone)

North Dakota (polls may open from 8 to 11 a.m. ET (3 to 6 p.m. PT)

Oklahoma

Texas (some polling stations open at 8 a.m. ET and some at 9 a.m. ET (16:00 p.m.)

Wisconsin

When Americans vote today, they are not directly electing the presidential candidates themselves. Instead, they are voting for competing slates of "electors" who will, in turn, actually cast the votes for president and vice president on December 17. Collectively, the electors from all 50 states and the District of Columbia are called the "electoral college.

The presidential candidate who won the majority of the vote on election night will not necessarily win a seat in the White House. To win the presidential election, a candidate must win a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

Addendum

It is reported that on Election Day, some key "controversial" US states are hit by a powerful cold front, which brings heavy rains and severe storms.

The heaviest rain falls from East Texas to the Missouri-Illinois border, including St. Louis. 

The front will continue to move eastward, bringing showers to Minnesota and the states of Wisconsin and Michigan, south to Louisiana. It was noted that the rains had slightly reduced voter turnout in previous elections.

Wisconsin appears to have the worst weather among the seven "contested" states, with the Storm Prediction Center issuing a severe storm threat level of 1 out of 5 for most of the state. Showers and even thunderstorms could produce isolated wind gusts and a brief tornado.

Heavy precipitation along the front today will fall from East Texas to southern Indiana, the newspaper writes.

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